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Michael Jonathon Slater

Born: 21 February 1970, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Major Teams: Derbyshire, New South Wales, Australia.
Known As: Michael Slater
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium


Test Debut: Australia v England at Manchester, 1st Test, 1993
Latest Test:
Australia v England at Leeds, 4th Test, 2001

ODI Debut:
Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, World Series, 1993/94
Latest ODI:
Australia v England at The Oval, Texaco Trophy, 1997

First-class Debut: New South Wales v Tasmania at Hobart, 1991/92

Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 1989
Derbyshire 1998 to 1999
Australia 'A' 2000/01 (v Zimbabweans)

Club: University of New South Wales

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 16/08/2001)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   74  131   7  5312  219   42.83  53.29  14  21   33   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               4.1    1    10    1  10.00  1-4     0   0  25.0  2.40

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 24/05/1997)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   42   42   1   987   73   24.07  60.40   0   9    9   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               2      1    11    0    -     -      0   0    -   5.50

FIRST-CLASS
 (1991/92 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  204  361  19 14213  221   41.55  34  68  110   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              21.1    1   112    3  37.33  1-4     0   0  42.3  5.29

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1992/93 - 2001/02)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  123  122   1  3167  110   26.17   1  27   30   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               2      11    0    -     -      0   0    -   5.50

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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A combative and wholehearted cricketer, Michael Slater has played many vital innings for New South Wales and as an Australia opener with his adventurous brand of strokeplay.

A product of Wagga Wagga, his was a meteoric rise. Following a stint at the Australian Cricket Academy, he made rapid strides, turning a place in the New South Wales Second XI at the start of the 1992-93 season into a berth in Australia's 1993 Ashes squad by the end of that summer. After notching a half-century in the opening match of that series - alongside fellow New South Welshman, Mark Taylor - and complementing it with a brilliant century in the following encounter at Lord's, he soon became a regular in his nation's Test team.

Aside from the period between October 1996 and March 1998, Slater occupied a position at the top of the Australian Test batting line-up for close to a decade. Amid a golden run of success for the team as a whole, individual highlights have included his 219 against Sri Lanka in Perth in 1995-96; and his brilliant home series against New Zealand in 1993-94 (which netted him 305 runs at 76.25) and England (623 runs at 62.30) in 1994-95. His signature trait of kissing his helmet whenever he reaches three figures has already been seen as many as fourteen times, and he has made scores in the nineties on a record-breaking nine occasions. He also played in each of the sixteen matches between late 1999 and early 2001 which delivered the then Australian team the greatest run of consecutive victories in the history of Test cricket.

Ironically, Slater's aggressive approach hasn't translated to similar results in one-day cricket. He produced a spectacular 73 on his one-day international debut but has not reached such heights again and has not played in an international limited-overs match since 1997.

After a prolonged form slump, Slater was dropped from the Australian Test side in August 2001 for the fifth Ashes Test. The following Australian summer - and under intense media scrutiny of both his professional and personal life - Slater then struggled to maintain a place in the New South Wales side. Notwithstanding these recent fortunes, Slater's ability is undeniable, and he will no doubt be keenly watched by selectors as he looks to re-establish himself among the highest ranks of Australian cricket. (John Polack, March 2001; updated October 2002)

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